1198 Roger Waters - It's a Miracle

1198 Roger Waters - It's a Miracle

I've been a fan of Pink Floyd for quite a long time now and as an extension of that I am somewhat of a fan of Roger Waters' solo work as well; Amused to Death is my favourite of his solo albums. As with most of his work this is a concept album; the subject matter of this one being about the negative influences of mass media on the world's populace. On the surface this one is a bit of a downer, but the overall message is actually a call to action of sorts and the focusing on the little miracles that happen amongst all of the manufactured evils.
I was very surprised the first time I heard the final verse of this track where he attacked theatre composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber; I knew there had to be a story behind this, so I did a little research. Apparently, Roger Waters claimed that Andrew Lloyd-Webber plagiarized him by stealing a part of the Pink Floyd song Echoes and using it for the intro/hook of his popular song The Phantom of the Opera, which can be found here on YouTube, from the musical of the same name. Echoes can be found here on YouTube, the riff in question can be found at the 4:00 mark. You can make your own judgments about it, although I have to agree with Waters here; if he wasn't plagiarizing it was an extremely odd coincidence. Whatever the case, it's odd that he would resort to calling him out in a song rather than just suing him; from my research on the subject it seems Andrew Lloyd-Webber did not respond in kind.

Hear It's a Miracle on YouTube.



My song pick a year ago today: Eric Idle - F--- Christmas

My song pick two years ago today: Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

My song pick three years ago today: The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes

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